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A Wisconsin college wrestling team escaped injury after their bus caught fire on the way home from a meet in Minnesota.Milwaukee School of Engineering officials say the school’s wrestling team was on its way from a meet in Itasca on Saturday when the bus caught fire. KARE-TV reported Monday that the bus was on U.S. Highway 53 near Cameron in Barron County when it caught fire around 8 p.m.The driver pulled over and everyone was able to escape the vehicle. No one was hurt, MSOE Athletic Director Brian Miller said in a statement.2 DEAD, 6 HURT IN WISCONSIN CRASH AFTER…

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been very active on social media since his health has improved tremendously after he suffered a cardiac arrest while playing in Cincinnati last Monday. Hamlin and his family have expressed how grateful they are for everyone’s love and support during this very scary time, and the 24-year-old wants to reciprocate with some custom T-shirts that will help those who helped him. Hamlin posted a tweet on Sunday of T-shirts that said “Did We Win?” and noted all proceeds will be going to the UC Trauma Center and first responders, all of which played a critical role…

A toddler has been reunited with his father after their car was stolen in Melbourne.The little boy was asleep in the back seat with the air conditioning on when his father left for just a minute to buy ice cream.The thief then abandoned the distressed toddler on the side of the road before fleeing the area in the stolen car. Source: Sky News

CNN  —  A federal trial began Monday for a US Army officer suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground in 2020 during a traffic stop. A jury began hearing the case involving 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino, on Monday shortly after 9 a.m. in a federal court in Richmond, court records show. In his suit, Nazario claims he was wrongfully stopped and his vehicle was illegally searched. He is seeking $1 million in compensatory damages, claiming the Windsor, Virginia, police officers violated his…

J.B. Pritzker, the multibillionaire whose actions over the past year have suggested he may be eyeing a run for president, on Monday was sworn in as Illinois governor for the second time, an occasion he used to issue bold proposals for universal preschool and free college tuition.Catapulting off the financial successes of his first term — including the conversion of mounds of state debt into a $3.7 billion surplus, the Democrat declared, “It’s time for Illinois to lead.” He called his plans “as ambitious and bold as our people are, thinking not only about the next four years, but about…

After one week in an Ohio hospital following a cardiac arrest during the “Monday Night Football” matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been released from the medical center, the team announced.Hamlin, 24, has been transferred to a hospital in Buffalo, New York, to continue his recovery before heading home.On Monday, Jan. 9, the Bills tweeted a statement from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center: “We are thrilled and proud to share that Damar Hamlin has been released from the hospital and returned to Buffalo.” “He is doing well and this is the…

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The hedge fund management firm of billionaire trader Chris Rokos plunged to a loss in its most recent financial results after its fund was hit by a sharp sell-off in government bonds, even though its traders have since been able to profit handsomely from a surge in inflation.Rokos Capital Management, one of the world’s biggest macro hedge fund firms with around $15.5bn in client assets, posted a loss before members’ remuneration of £3.6mn for the 12 months to March 2022, according to a filing with Companies House. That compares with a profit of £914mn for the previous year.The latest results…

Exclusive: Secretive talks are underway to supply Kyiv with British Army Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks, senior defence sources have revealed – a major defiant gesture towards the Kremlin and could swing the war further in Ukraine’s favourBritish tanks could soon be rolling into battle in Ukraine in a major UK escalation set to “enrage” Russian President Vladimir Putin. Secretive talks are underway to supply Kyiv with British Army Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks, senior defence sources have revealed. UK tanks on Ukraine soil would be a major defiant gesture towards the Kremlin and could swing the war further in…

CNN  —  The House is expected to vote Monday evening on the rules package for the 118th Congress, in what will mark the first test of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s slim Republican majority after he made key concessions to GOP hardliners to win the gavel. McCarthy’s concessions to the hardliners frustrated some centrist House Republicans, and GOP leaders were racing Monday to alleviate those concerns. Sources told CNN that GOP leaders placed numerous calls and texts to Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who said Sunday she was “on the fence” over the House rules package. On Monday afternoon, Mace’s…